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Volkswagen Announces Pilot Program of 20 Electric Golf Prototypes for U.S.

Yesterday Volkswagen announced it is putting 20 electric E-Golf prototypes into service as rolling test beds for its budding electric car program. The test program will put 12 E-Golfs in the hands of Volkswagen employees to use regularly, and the other eight will undergo internal evaluation over a nine-month period beginning in April. To study [...]

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Vautier on debut Indy Lights pole

Tristan Vautier took pole position for his Indy Lights debut around the streets of St Petersburg on Saturday. The French rookie headed a 1-2-3 for Sam Schmidt Motorsports, with Esteban Guerrieri just edging out Oli Webb for second on the grid

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/vautier-on-debut-indy-lights-pole

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Ericsson given grid penalty

Marcus Ericsson has been given a 10-place grid penalty for the next round of the GP2 championship at Sakhir for causing a collision during the Sepang sprint race on Sunday.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/ericsson-given-grid-penalty

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Capital Bikeshare Both Replaces and Promotes Transit Trips

Image: Wash Cycle One of the criticisms you hear about bikeshare systems is that they will only replace trips that would otherwise have been by walking or taking transit. But Capital Bikeshare keeps confounding the critics. The full picture is much more complex and interesting, with Cabi replacing bus and rail trips but also leading subscribers [...]

Source: http://streetsblog.net/2012/03/26/capital-bikeshare-both-replaces-and-promotes-transit-trips/

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MATT ARTIN JOINS NHRA AS DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS

NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2012) NHRA announced today that Matt Artin, an eight-year veteran in media planning, advertising and promotions, has joined the world's largest motorsports sanctioning body as director of advertising and promotions....

Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2012/01/matt_artin_joins_nhra_as.php

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Romney takes campaign detour to Daytona

Two days away from a critical primary in Michigan, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney detoured to Daytona International Speedway on Sunday.

Source: http://www.nascarracinglive.com/nascar/romney-takes-campaign-detour-to-daytona.html

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2013 SRT Viper Potentially Previewed by Hot Wheels Rendering [New York Auto Show]

The first image of the 2013 SRT Viper, one of this year’s most highly anticipated cars, was leaked by a toy manufacturer? Maybe. Maybe not. Die-cast watchers across the web claim to have found the rendering in a new Hot Wheels catalog. If that catalog does indeed exist, it’s scurried back to the remote outposts [...]

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V8s at the Glen

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/galleries/v8s-at-the-glen

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2012 NSCS Daytona 500 Final Practice Session Speeds

2012 NSCS 38 car (David Gilliland) - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCARIt was David Gilliland, with a lap speed of 200.138 mph, showing the fastest way around Daytona International Speedway during the final NSCS Daytona 500 practice session. Right behind Gilliland with a lap speed of 200.129 mph, was the defending Daytona 500...more»

Source: http://www.catchfence.com/2012/sprintcup/02/25/2012-nscs-daytona-500-final-practice-session-speeds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2012-nscs-daytona-500-final-practice-session-speeds

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Patrick takes first NASCAR pole

Danica Patrick bounced back from a heavy crash on her NASCAR Sprint Cup debut on Thursday to claim pole position for Saturday's Nationwide Series season opener at Daytona.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/patrick-takes-first-nascar-pole

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